EVENTS IN TIME (BIBLE PROPHECY LITERALLY FULFILLED)(BY GOD)

I WRITE NEWS ABOUT AND PUT NEWS ARTICLES ABOUT ISRAEL AND JERUSALEM PERTAINING TO BIBLE PROPHESY HAPPENINGS.JOEL 3:20 But Judah (ISRAEL) shall dwell for ever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation.(THATS ISRAEL-JERUSALEM WILL NEVER BE DESTROYED AGAIN)-WE CHRISTIANS ARE ALL WAITING PATIENTLY FOR THE PRE-TRIBULATION RAPTURE TO OCCUR.SO WE CAN GO TO JESUS AND GET OUR NEVER DYING BODIES.SO WE CAN RULE OVER CITIES OURSELVES.WHILE JESUS RULES FROM DAVIDS THRONE FOREVER IN JERUSALEM.

Friday, August 14, 2015

DAY 523-FRANCE TO CONDUCT SEARCHES TILL MONDAY FOR DEBRIS FROM MH370.

A PICTURE OF THE MISSING MH370 FOR 16 MONTHS PLUS.AND NOW MAY HAVE BEEN FOUND A PIECE OF-pic-theregister.co.uk

MH370: France to conduct searches till Monday-Aug 13, 2015 12:38 IST-firstpost.com

Saint-Denis De La Reunion: France will conduct air and sea searches off its Indian Ocean territory of Reunion island until the start of next week for debris from missing flight MH370, the island's top official said on Wednesday.A wing part was found on July 29 on the French territory and confirmed by the Malaysian prime minister to be part of the Boeing 777 which went missing on March 8, 2014 with 239 people on board."Coordinated searches will continue until the beginning of next week," the island's top authority said in a statement adding that searches so far had yielded "no significant elements."He said the searches would be shifted to the periphery of the initial area scoured, especially to the south.Saint-Andre, the town of 50,000 where the wing part washed up, has had a surreal fortnight as the world's media has suddenly descended in droves.Since Monday, there have been a total of 45 and a half hours of land searches and 15 hours of maritime and air searches.The search was launched on August 7 and had to be suspended due to bad weather before resumed.The Maldives has joined a regional search for wreckage from the missing Malaysia Airlines flight following reports that islanders in the Indian had spotted unidentified debris.AFP

Flight MH370 Update: Sonar Finds More Debris? Australian Authorities Say Items Are Not From Missing Malaysia Airlines Plane-By Eben Blake @ebenblake on August 13 2015 12:16 PM EDT-international business times

A French military transport plane taxis at the airport in Saint-Denis along the coast near Saint-Andre on the French Indian Ocean island of Réunion after searching for wreckage from Malaysian Airlines Flight MH370, Aug. 7, 2015. Australian officials dismissed claims that a sonar search turned up more debris from the missing plane. Reports that sonar images of two box-like shapes on the floor of the Indian Ocean were from the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 were rejected Thursday by Australian authorities. Objects purportedly discovered by the sonar search, which began after debris from the aircraft was discovered last month on the French island of Réunion in the Indian Ocean, were speculated to have come from the wreck of the Boeing 777. A wing part found July 29 on Réunion that was confirmed by aviation experts to have come from the missing plane sparked a new search for debris as officials looked for clues to determine what caused the crash. The box-like objects were "category 3" sonar finds by a search and recovery ship that were most likely aircraft debris, Malaysia media reports claimed. "These are old images, discounted months ago," said a spokesman for Australian Transport Minister Warren Truss, according to the Australian Associated Press (AAP). "In fact, they are the least likely to be aircraft debris."Flight MH370 disappeared March 8, 2014, with 239 people on board en route from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to Beijing, sparking an international search. The Réunion debris was the first confirmed piece of MH370 wreckage. More than 400 seabed features have been classified as category 3, which designates sonar objects that are unique from their surroundings, but have low probability of helping the search for the plane, according to AAP.France plans to end its search for more MH370 debris off Réunion next week as the air and sea investigation shifts beyond the initial area surrounding the island, which officials hope will provide clues to the flight's disappearance." Coordinated searches will continue until the beginning of next week. The searches so far had yielded no significant element," said an official on Réunion, reported the Sun Daily.

MH17: 'Russian missile parts' at Ukraine crash site-11 August 2015-yahoonews

Fragments of a suspected Russian missile system have been found at the Flight MH17 crash site in Ukraine, investigators in the Netherlands say.They say the parts, possibly from a Buk surface-to-air system, are "of particular interest" and could help show who was behind the crash.But they say they have not proved their "causal connection" with the crash.MH17 crashed on land held by Russian-backed rebels in July 2014, killing all 298 on board.There were 283 passengers, including 80 children, and 15 crew members on the Malaysian Airlines airliner.About two-thirds of those who died were Dutch nationals, with dozens of Malaysians and Australians among the rest.Ukraine and many Western countries have accused pro-Russian rebels of shooting down the plane, saying they could have used a Buk missile system supplied by Russia.Russia and the rebels deny any responsibility and say the Ukrainian military was to blame.How a missile could have brought down MH17MH17: What we knowThe Joint Investigation Team (JIT) said in a joint statement with the Dutch Safety Board that the parts had been "secured during a previous recovery mission in eastern Ukraine"."The parts are of particular interest to the criminal investigation as they can possibly provide more information about who was involved in the crash of MH17. For that reason the JIT further investigates the origin of these parts," the statement said.Fred Westerbeke, a spokesman for the Dutch Prosecutor's Office, said that seven fragments had been found which were definitely not part of the aircraft, and further investigations had shown that they were probably from a missile system."We are going to need more investigation to really find out what exactly this is and if it is part of a possible system that took down MH17," he added."If we can establish that, then we can say that it is a breakthrough."Analysis: By Jonathan Marcus, BBC defence and diplomatic correspondent-The Dutch safety board is characteristically cautious. For now it is insisting that no causal connection can be established between the discovered parts and the crash.The aircraft is widely believed to have been downed by a surface-to-air missile. Indeed the investigators' preliminary report - released last September - noted that the damage to the aircraft's fuselage and cockpit indicated impacts from a large number of high-energy objects from outside the aircraft; consistent with an engagement by a Buk-type missile.The crucial question remains who fired the weapon - Russian-backed separatists or even the Russian military itself? The Ukrainians also operate a variant of the Buk system.The missile parts could be a help here but satellite intelligence may provide more of the picture. Independent investigators have already established a video trail which appears to place a Buk launcher in the crash area on the day in question.Media caption Richard Westcott looks at the Buk missile system thought to have caused the Malaysia Airlines crash.The investigators would now enlist the help of weapons experts and forensic specialists to examine the parts, the statement added.The JIT comprises representatives of the Netherlands, Ukraine, Belgium, Malaysia and Australia.They are meeting in The Hague to discuss a draft report on the causes of the crash, the final version of which is expected to be published by the Dutch Safety Board in October.The statement comes two weeks after Russia vetoed a draft resolution to set up an international tribunal into the disaster, triggering widespread outrage.Moscow described the Malaysian initiative as "premature" and "counterproductive".The Boeing 777 was flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur when it was brought down on 17 July last year in Donetsk region.

China explosions: Chemical specialists sent to Tianjin-bbcnews-aug 13,15

China has sent a team of military chemical experts to the northern city of Tianjin, after explosions left at least 50 dead, state media report.The blasts, late on Wednesday night, ripped through an industrial port area, destroying buildings, shipping containers and thousands of new cars.It is not known what caused the blasts, nor whether chemicals have leaked.More than 3,500 residents are spending the night in temporary shelters. Hundreds are injured, 71 critically.State news agency Xinhua reports that rescue workers are "racing against the clock to save the injured and contain fires", 24 hours after the massive blasts at a warehouse in the Binhai New Area.Many of the wounded had glass or shrapnel cuts, skull injuries or fractures, Wang Siaojie of Teda Hospital said.More than 200 experts in chemical materials from the Chinese army have arrived in Tianjin. Their first task was to test the air for toxic gases, Xinhua said.Rescue teams were ordered to wear protective clothing, it added.The warehouse that exploded is owned by a company called Ruihai Logistics, which handles toxic chemicals including sodium cyanide and toluene diisocyanate, according to reports.The People's Daily, the official newspaper of the Chinese Communist Party, reports that rescuers "are trying to remove all the 700 tons of sodium cyanide" stored at the site. Hydrogen peroxide had been prepared to detoxify the chemical, the paper says.The Tianjin Port Group Company said dozens of its employees were unaccounted for, according to Xinhua.Firefighters were already at the scene when the explosions took place.They had been called to reports of a container fire, state media said. At least 17 firefighters are among the dead.The two successive explosions, at 23:30 local time on Wednesday (15:30 GMT), caused a fireball visible from space and a blast wind that broke windows several kilometres away.A large area of the port was devastated. Shipping containers were left buckled, bent and toppled on to each other like toy bricks.Row upon row of new cars were reduced to blackened husks.Almost 10,000 vehicles were ruined, according to Chinese media, with Renaults and Volkswagens the worst affected.What we know about explosions: Much of what happened is unclear, but here is what we do knowTianjin in profile: More about Tianjin, one of the busiest ports in the world-'Seismic scale' of blasts: The explosions were so large they registered on seismometers-Blast 'like end of the world': Residents' stories-Nasa has released this image from its Terra satellite showing a dark plume of smoke drifting over the Bohai Sea, east of Tianjin (at left of picture)The head of Tianjin's environmental protection bureau, Wen Wurui, said pollution levels were being monitored."It would be harmful if you breathe in [this toxic air] for a long time," he said."But at present, it has not exceeded [the standard] too much based on our monitoring."Water discharge points to the sea had been closed, he said.A man who was working as a security guard in a nearby factory told the BBC that he saw there was a fire, but did not expect explosions."Suddenly I heard a bang," he said. "I lay down immediately, but I still got injured."My security booth was destroyed completely."Another injured man said after the explosion his mind went blank."My first reaction was to run," he said. "I heard another burst. I was running away. I got blood all over my body."The blast ripped apart a nearby dormitory for migrant workers, who were forced to flee the collapsing building."I rolled off the bed after the first shockwave hit, so I scrambled to run for my life," said resident Dan Agio."When I reached downstairs, the second blast happened. It's as if the sky collapsed. In a blink of an eye, the roof fell."The editor of the BBC's Chinese Service, Raymond Li, points out that 24 hours after the explosions, the cause still is not known.Just a few days ago, city officials visited the industrial site to discuss safety standards, he says.It is also becoming clear that the hazardous chemicals were stored closer to residential areas than they are legally allowed to be, he says.Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has promised "open and transparent information disclosure" on the investigation.The People's Daily reported that officials had said the cause of the explosion would be figured out once the fire at the scene had been completely extinguished.

An aerial picture of smoke rising at the site of the explosions is seen at the Binhai new district, Tianjin (13 August 2015)

An aerial picture of smoke rising at the site of the explosions is seen at the Binhai new district, Tianjin (13 August 2015)

An aerial image showed the number of new cars destroyed
Firemen work among several destroyed buildings and containers after a huge explosion rocked the port city of Tianjin, China, 13 August 2015

Firemen work among several destroyed buildings and containers after a huge explosion rocked the port city of Tianjin, China, 13 August 2015

Buildings and containers were destroyed
Firefighters in protective gear watch partially pink smoke continue to billow after an explosion at a warehouse in Tianjin (13 August 2015)

Firefighters in protective gear watch partially pink smoke continue to billow after an explosion at a warehouse in Tianjin (13 August 2015)

Firefighters at the scene were clad in protective gear
Map of blast site

Nasa satellite image showing dark plume over Bohai sea (13 August 2015)

Nasa has released this image from its Terra satellite showing a dark plume of smoke drifting over the Bohai Sea, east of Tianjin (at left of picture)

THREE NEW COSBY ACCUSERS-OF DRUGGING-RAPING ALLIGATIONS.

Gloria Allred with three new accusers of Bill Cosby, Colleen Hughes (L), Linda Ridgeway Whitedeer (2nd R) and actress Eden Tirl (R), on Aug. 12 in Los Angeles.(Photo: Kevork Djansezian/ Getty Images)

Thursday, August 13, 2015

AT LEAST 52 KILLED-52 IN SERIOUS CONDITION IN HOSPITAL AND AT LEAST 520 INJURED IN CHINA PORT EXPLOSION.

Widespread damage from blasts in Tianjin. 13 Aug 2015

Daylight revealed the extent of the damage in Tianjin - bbcnews pic

Smoke and fire erupt into the night sky after an explosion in the Binhai area, photo released by Xinhua 12/08/2015

Smoke and fire erupt into the night sky after an explosion in the Binhai area, photo released by Xinhua 12/08/2015

At one point a huge fireball lit up the sky above Tianjin - bbcnews pic
People take shelter on the street after Tianjin explosion 12/08/2015

People went down on to the streets seeking shelter after the blasts - THIS BLAST KILLED 17 PEOPLE AND INJURED 400. THEY THOUGHT AN ATOMIC BOMB WENT OFF. AS THE BLAST WAS FELT MILES AWAY - bbcnews pic

The force of the blasts shook buildings and set parked vehicles alight - bbcnews pic
A damaged vehicle is seen near the site of the blasts at Binhai district in Tianjin

A damaged vehicle is seen near the site of the blasts at Binhai district in Tianjin

Glass was shattered on house windows, doors and on cars- bbcnews pic

FIRES AND EXPLOSIONS

REVELATION 8:7
7 The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.

LUKE 21:25-26
25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity;(MASS CONFUSION) the sea and the waves roaring;(FIERCE WINDS)
26 Men’s hearts failing them for fear,(TORNADOES,HURRICANES,STORMS) and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth:(DESTRUCTION) for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.(FROM QUAKES,NUKES ETC)

LUKE 21:11
11 And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences;(BIOLOGICAL/CHEMICAL/NUCLEAR) and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.

ISAIAH 26:21
21 For, behold, the LORD cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity:(GOD/ISRAEL HATE AND BRAKING OF HIS COMMANDMENTS) the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.(WW3,1/2 earths population die - 4 BILLION).

MALACHI 4:1
1 For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven;(FROM ATOMIC BOMBS) and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.

ZECHARIAH 14:12-13
12 And this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet,(DISOLVED FROM ATOMIC BOMB) and their eyes shall consume away in their holes,(DISOLVED FROM ATOMIC BOMB) and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.(DISOLVED FROM ATOMIC BOMB)(BECAUSE NUKES HAVE BEEN USED ON ISRAELS ENEMIES)(GOD PROTECTS ISRAEL AND ALWAYS WILL)
13 And it shall come to pass in that day, that a great tumult from the LORD shall be among them; and they shall lay hold every one on the hand of his neighbour, and his hand shall rise up against the hand of his neighbour.(1/2-3 BILLION DIE IN WW3)(THIS IS AN ATOMIC BOMB EFFECT)

PROOF HALF ON EARTH DIE DURING THE 7 YR TRIBULATION PERIOD (8 BILLION ON EARTH)

REVELATION 6:7-8 (8 BILLION- 2 BILLION = 6 BILLION)
7 And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see.
8 And I looked, and behold a pale horse:(CHLORES GREEN) and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth,(2 BILLION) to kill with sword,(WEAPONS) and with hunger,(FAMINE) and with death,(INCURABLE DISEASES) and with the beasts of the earth.(ANIMAL TO HUMAN DISEASE).

REVELATION 9:15,18 (6 BILLION - 2 BILLION = 4 BILLION)
15 And the four(DEMONIC WAR) angels were loosed,
18 By these three was the third part of men killed,(2 BILLION) by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.(NUCLEAR ATOMIC BOMBS)

HALF OF EARTHS POPULATION DIE DURING THE 7 YR TRIBULATION.(THESE VERSES ARE JUDGEMENT SCRIPTURES NOT RAPTURE SCRIPTURES)

LUKE 17:34-37 (8 TOTAL BILLION - 4 BILLION DEAD IN TRIB = 4 BILLION TO JESUS KINGDOM) (HALF DIE DURING THE 7 YR TRIBULATION PERIOD JUST LIKE THE BIBLE SAYS)(GOD DOES NOT LIE)(AND NOTICE MOST DIE IN WAR AND DISEASES-NOT COMETS-ASTEROIDS-QUAKES OR TSUNAMIS)
34 I tell you, in that night there shall be two men in one bed; the one shall be taken,(IN WW3 JUDGEMENT) and the other shall be left.(half earths population 4 billion die in the 7 yr trib)
35 Two women shall be grinding together; the one shall be taken,(IN WW3 JUDGEMENT) and the other left.
36 Two men shall be in the field; the one shall be taken,(IN WW3 JUDGEMENT) and the other left.
37 And they answered and said unto him, Where, Lord? And he said unto them, Wheresoever the body is, thither will the eagles be gathered together.(Christians have new bodies,this is the people against Jerusalem during the 7 yr treaty)(Christians bodies are not being eaten by the birds).THESE ARE JUDGEMENT SCRIPTURES-NOT RAPTURE SCRIPTURES.BECAUSE NOT HALF OF PEOPLE ON EARTH ARE CHRISTIANS.AND THE CONTEXT IN LUKE 17 IS THE 7 YEAR TRIBULATION OR 7 YR TREATY PERIOD.WHICH IS JUDGEMENT ON THE EARTH.NOT 50% RAPTURED TO HEAVEN.

MATTHEW 24:37-42
37 But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
38 For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,
39 And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
40 Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken,(IN WW3 JUDGEMENT) and the other left.
41 Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken,(IN WW3 JUDGEMENT) and the other left.
42 Watch therefore:(FOR THE LAST DAYS SIGNS HAPPENING) for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.

SECOND ANGEL TO DR DOCTORIAN
Then I saw that the second angel had a sickle in his hand, such as is used in harvesting. The second angel said, Harvest time has come in Israel and the countries all the way to Iran. I saw those countries in a few split seconds. All of Turkey and those [inaudible;] countries that have refused me and refused my message of love shall hate each other and kill one another. I saw the angel raise the sickle and come down on all the Middle East countries.I saw Iran, Persia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, all of Georgia - Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Israel, all of Asia Minor - full of blood. I saw blood all over these countries. And I saw fire; Nuclear weapons used in many of those countries. Smoke rising from everywhere. Sudden destruction - men destroying one another.I heard these words, Israel, Oh Israel, the great judgment has come.The angel said, The chosen, the church, the remnant, shall be purified. The Spirit of God shall prepare the children of God. I saw fires rising to heaven. The angel said, This is the final judgment. My church shall be purified, protected and ready for the final day. Men will die from thirst. Water shall be scarce all over the Middle East. Rivers shall dry up, and men will fight for water in those countries.The angel showed me that the United Nations shall be broken in pieces because of the crisis in the Middle East. There shall be no more United Nations. The angel with the sickle shall reap the harvest.

44 DEAD-520 INJURED IN CHINA EXPLOSIONS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdJ6jR2ZpSg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zstzEpZO2pk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62bAZpCtIKs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YeXBME2YVQo

RUSSIA OIL FIRE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgCHa2yBlbA
CHINA-EXPLOSION FIRES
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDgZ5RkivEg

SOME ARE SAYING THE 2 EXPLOSION AND OIL FIRES IN CHINA-RUSSIA WERE NUCLEAR BOMBS.GOOD LUCK-TENS OF THOUSANDS WOULD HAVE BEEN DEAD IF THEY WERE ATOMIC OR HYDROGEN BOMBS SET OFF.THESE DECIEVERS ARE SCARING THEMSELVES ALREADY. JUST WAIT TILL A REAL ATOMIC BOMBS IS EXPODED IN SOME COUNTRY-YOU CAN BET GUYS LIKE THIS WILL HAVE A CONIPTION. AND THE SECRET BUNKER CONSPIRACY THEORISTS.WILL BE COWERING IN THEM SECRET BUNKERS WITH THEIR HOARDED GUNS-FOOD-GOLD-SILVER.AT LEAST THESE EXPLOSIONS MIGHT HAVE WOKE A FEW DECIEVED UP FROM THEIR HEAD IN THE SAND ASTEROID-SUN RAYS END OF THE WORLD BELIEF. AND REALISE IT WILL BE ATOMIC BOMBS THAT KILL 4 BILLION ON EARTH DURING THE 7 YEAR TRIBULATION PERIOD.THE END OF THE WORLD CONSPIRACY CASES ARE ALSO SAYING CERN CAUSED THESE EXPLOSIONS-OIL FIRE IN RUSSIA-CHINA. OF COURSE AFTER CERN MADE DEMONS COME FROM HELL-LIKE THESE END OF THE WORLD-CONSPIRACY THEORISTS ARE ALSO SAYING.

Nuclear war in my neighborhood’: Gigantic plume of black smoke causes panic in Moscow (VIDEO)-Published Edited time: 13 Aug, 2015 10:03

Muscovites were terrified, and some even suggested a nuclear war had begun, after a gigantic plume of thick black smoke rose hundreds of meters above the Russian capital’s skyline on Wednesday.Muscovites posted numerous photos and videos on social networks showing a huge column of smoke, some with panicked comments, on Wednesday afternoon. “There’s a nuclear war underway in my neighborhood. Or something is burning. Or some other bad thing happened,” one of the Instagram users wrote.The blaze was so massive that it was clearly visible from Red Square in the very heart of the capital.It appeared that a heating oil spill in the Moskva River was burning in the southern part of the city on the border of the Maryino and Brateevo districts. The blazing water ran for about 100 meters along the riverbank with a thickness of about 1 meter, according to Moscow deputy mayor Petr Biryukov. Plumes of smoke rose some 200 meters into the air, Interfax news agency reported.It only took the fire brigades about 15 minutes to deal with the flames, both in the water and on land.Thirty people and 10 special-purpose vehicles were dispatched to the site to tackle the blaze, which was extinguished at around 5:50 pm local time (1450 GMT), the Emergencies Ministry said.Three people from one family – a mother, father and 9-year-old child – were hurt in the blaze. They were treated onsite by medics and taken to a local hospital, Petr Biryukov, Moscow’s deputy mayor, said. Russia’s RosPrirodNadzor environmental watchdog sent experts to the south of Moscow to investigate the blaze. They concluded that the fire had occurred due to “a rupture of the pipeline under water.”“The grass combusted and because of it the oil in the river started burning,” a source from Moscow police told Tass. However, Transneft, which runs its pipelines through the area, said its pipes it had had nothing to do with the heating oil blaze.“The incident occurred at the site of passage of the pipe. But a two-hour-long check has shown that the main pipeline is operating normally,” Igor Demin, a Transneft spokesman, said.“But we still stopped pumping through the pipe because an emergency regime is in place, despite the pipeline not being damaged,” he added. The Emergencies Ministry said that an analysis of air samples taken in the area in the fire’s aftermath showed that permissible exposure limits to pollutants hadn’t been exceeded, and the byproducts from the combustion pose no threat to the population.https://www.rt.com/news/312295-moscow-oil-fire-black-smoke/

Huge blasts at Chinese port kill 44, firefighters missing-Reuters By Joseph Campbell and Sui-Lee Wee-AUG 13,15-YAHOONEWS

TIANJIN, China (Reuters) - Two huge explosions tore through an industrial area where toxic chemicals and gas were stored in the northeast Chinese port city of Tianjin, killing at least 44 people, including at least a dozen fire fighters, officials and state media said on Thursday.At least 520 people were injured, more than 60 of them seriously, the Tianjin government said on its Weibo microblog, and the People's Daily newspaper said four fires were still burning.Wednesday night's blasts, so large that they were seen by satellites in space, sent shockwaves through apartment blocks kilometers away in the port city of 15 million people. Internet videos showed fireballs shooting into the sky and the U.S. Geological Survey registered the blasts as seismic events.Vast areas of the port - the 10th largest in the world - were devastated, crumpled shipping containers were thrown around like match sticks, hundreds of new cars were torched and port buildings left as burnt-out shells, Reuters witnesses said."I was sleeping when our windows and doors suddenly shook as we heard explosions outside. I first thought it was an earthquake," Guan Xiang, who lives 7 km (4 miles) away from the explosion site, told Reuters by telephone.Guan, 24, said he saw flames and a mushroom cloud in the sky as he and other residents scrambled to get out of the building.Tianjin authorities said 12 firefighters were among the 44 killed.The cause of the blasts was unknown but industrial accidents are not uncommon in China following three decades of breakneck economic growth. A blast at an auto parts factory in eastern China killed 75 people a year ago when a room filled with metal dust exploded.The state-run Beijing News earlier cited Tianjin fire authorities as saying they had lost contact with 36 firefighters, and that another 33 were among the hundreds of people being treated in nearby hospitals.The official Xinhua news agency said 1,000 firefighters and more than 140 fire engines were struggling to contain a blaze in a warehouse that contained "dangerous goods"."The volatility of the goods means the fire is especially unpredictable and dangerous to approach," Xinhua said.Several fire trucks had been destroyed and nearby firefighters wept as they worked to extinguish flames, the Beijing News reported.President Xi Jinping demanded that authorities "make full effort to rescue and treat the injured and ensure the safety of people and their property".Xi said in a statement carried by official media that those responsible should be "severely handled".City officials had met recently with companies to discuss tightening safety standards on the handling of dangerous chemicals. The Tianjin Administration of Work Safety posted a notice about the meeting with companies at the port on its website a week ago.TOXIC SMOKE-Anxious residents rushed to hospitals to seek news about injured loved ones. Dozens of police guarded the entrance of the TEDA hospital, a Reuters witness said.Pictures on Chinese media websites showed residents and workers, some bleeding, fleeing their homes. Xinhua said people had been hurt by broken glass and other flying debris.Gray clouds of smoke billowed above the blast site and several trucks carrying paramilitary police - wearing masks to protect them from potentially toxic smoke - headed to the area.The blasts shattered windows in buildings and cars and knocked down walls in a 2-km radius around the site. Photographs on news websites showed burned-out cars inside a multi-story car park at a logistics base at the port.Video posted on YouTube from what appeared to be an apartment building some distance from the scene showed an initial blast followed by a second, much bigger, explosion. Shockwaves hit the building seconds later."Our building is shaking. Is this an atomic bomb?" said a frenzied voice inside. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YeXBME2YVQo)-Despite the devastation, the port was operating normally, a port official said. Tianjin port is the gateway to northern China's industrial belt.Xinhua said the explosions, the first equivalent to 3 tonnes of TNT and the second to 21 tonnes of TNT, ripped through a warehouse.It identified the owner of the warehouse as Tianjin Dongjiang Port Ruihai International Logistics. The company's website said it was a government-approved firm specializing in handling "dangerous goods". Company officials could not immediately be reached for comment.According to an assessment by government environmental inspectors published in 2014, the facility was designed to store several dangerous and toxic chemicals including butanone, an explosive industrial solvent, sodium cyanide and compressed natural gas.CCTV said at least one person at a "relevant company" had been detained.(Additional reporting by Adam Rose in TIANJIN, Kazunori Takada, Chen Yixin, Brenda Goh and Sue-Lin Wong in SHANGHAI, and Michael Martina, Jason Subler, Megha Rajagopalan and Judy Hua in BEIJING; Writing by Dean Yates; Editing by Paul Tait and Nick Macfie)

Authorities lose contact with 36 firefighters at China blast site: media-AUG 13,15-YAHOONEWS-Reuters

BEIJING (Reuters) - Authorities have lost contact with 36 firefighters at the scene of two massive explosions that ripped through an industrial area in the northeastern Chinese port city of Tianjin overnight, the Beijing News cited Tianjin fire officials as saying on Thursday.The blast killed at least 17 people, injured as many as 400 and sparked panic across much of the city of 15 million people, official Chinese media reported.(Reporting by Michael Martina; Editing by Paul Tait)

Officials: At least 13 dead in China port explosions-Associated Press-AUG 12,15-YAHOONEWS

TIANJIN, China (AP) — Huge explosions sparked overnight at a warehouse for dangerous materials in the northeastern Chinese port of Tianjin killed at least 13 people, injured hundreds and sent massive fireballs into the night sky, officials and state media outlets said Thursday.CCTV, the state-run broadcaster, said that another 248 people had been admitted to hospitals in the city, east of Beijing. The explosions late Wednesday knocked off doors of buildings in the area and shattered windows up to several kilometers away."I thought it was an earthquake, so I rushed downstairs without my shoes on," Tianjin resident Zhang Siyu, whose home is several kilometers from the blast site, said in a telephone interview. "Only once I was outside did I realize it was an explosion. There was the huge fireball in the sky with thick clouds. Everybody could see it."Zhang said she could see wounded people weeping. She said she did not see anyone who had been killed, but "I could feel death."Police in Tianjin said at least seven people were killed. They said an initial blast took place late Wednesday night at shipping containers of a warehouse for hazardous materials owned by a logistics company.The official Xinhua News agency said an initial explosion triggered other blasts at nearby businesses. The National Earthquake Bureau reported two major blasts before midnight, the first with an equivalent of 3 tons of TNT, and the second with the equivalent of 21 tons.Photos apparently taken by bystanders and circulating on microblogs show a gigantic fireball high in the sky, with a mushroom-cloud. Other photos on state media outlets showed a sea of fire that painted the night sky bright orange, with tall plumes of smoke.In one neighborhood of Tianjin about 10 to 20 kilometers (6 to 12 miles) from the blast site, some residents were sleeping on the street wearing gas masks, although there was no perceptible problem with the air apart from massive clouds of smoke seen in the distance."It was like the earthquake back in 1976 with glass breaking," resident Han Xiang said. "But then there was a huge mushroom cloud so we thought we were also in a war."State broadcaster CCTV said six battalions of firefighters had brought the ensuing fire under control, although it was still burning. It said the firefighters were combing the neighborhood to look for further injured residents.The logistics company was identified in state media as Ruihai Logistics. The company says on its website that it was established in 2011 and is an approved company for handling hazardous materials. It says it handles 1 million tons of cargo annually.Tianjin is about 120 kilometers (75 miles) east of Beijing on the Bohai Sea and is one of the country's major ports.__Associated Press writers Ian Mader and Didi Tang in Beijing contributed.

DAY 522 - MALDIVES DEBRIS MIGHT BE CONNECTED TO MH370.

A PICTURE OF THE MISSING MH370 FOR 16 MONTHS PLUS.AND NOW MAY HAVE BEEN FOUND A PIECE OF-pic-theregister.co.uk

Malaysian experts in Maldives probe possible MH370 link-AFP-AUG 12,15-YAHOONEWS

The Maldives joined a regional search for wreckage from the missing Malaysia Airlines flight after islanders spotted unidentified debris washed up along the northern atolls of the Indian Ocean archipelago.Mohamed Shareef said the three, led by director general of civil aviation Azharuddin Abdul Rahman, met with local authorities and inspected the debris after arriving on the honeymoons islands on Tuesday night."They have today officially started investigating the debris found in the Maldives," Shareef, a minister attached to the president's office, told AFP by telephone from the capital island Male.He said the experts will return to Malaysia later Wednesday before reporting to their Transport Minister Liow Tiong Lai.The plane was carrying 239 passengers and crew when it disappeared in March 2014 after inexplicably veering off course. It is believed to have gone down in the southern Indian Ocean region.The search acquired fresh impetus when Malaysia last week said a wing part that washed ashore on the French island of Reunion came from the aircraft.After that discovery, the Malaysian authorities alerted nearby Madagascar and South Africa to be on the lookout, saying it was possible debris would wash up in those locations.Mauritius has also joined the search.Reunion is some 2,000 miles (3,200 kilometres) southwest of the Maldives, and local media said some of the large objects washed up on the islands appeared to be debris from a barge that capsized in February.

CHINA CURRENCY WARS ANGERS AMERICANS.TRUMP-CHINA DEVALUATION WILL KILL AMERICA.

JEWISH KING JESUS IS COMING AT THE RAPTURE FOR US IN THE CLOUDS-DON'T MISS IT FOR THE WORLD.THE BIBLE TAKEN LITERALLY- WHEN THE PLAIN SENSE MAKES GOOD SENSE-SEEK NO OTHER SENSE-LEST YOU END UP IN NONSENSE.GET SAVED NOW- CALL ON JESUS TODAY.THE ONLY SAVIOR OF THE WHOLE EARTH - NO OTHER. 1 COR 15:23-JESUS THE FIRST FRUITS-CHRISTIANS RAPTURED TO JESUS-FIRST FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT-23 But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ’s at his coming.ROMANS 8:23 And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.(THE PRE-TRIB RAPTURE)

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KERRY USA WILL LOSE RESERVE CURRENCY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCAFnCo6nyM

John Kerry Warns "Dollar Will Cease To Be Reserve Currency Of The World" If Iran Deal Rejected-Submitted by Tyler Durden on 08/11/2015 21:35 -0400-Brazil Central Banks China Federal Reserve Global Economy Iran Japan Keynesian economics Michael Pettis Recession recovery Reserve Currency The Economist Trade Deficit Treasury Department Yen

As Jared Bernstein previously explained...There are few truisms about the world economy, but for decades, one has been the role of the United States dollar as the world’s reserve currency. It’s a core principle of American economic policy. After all, who wouldn’t want their currency to be the one that foreign banks and governments want to hold in reserve? But new research reveals that what was once a privilege is now a burden, undermining job growth, pumping up budget and trade deficits and inflating financial bubbles. To get the American economy on track, the government needs to drop its commitment to maintaining the dollar’s reserve-currency status.The reasons are best articulated by Kenneth Austin, a Treasury Department economist, in the latest issue of The Journal of Post Keynesian Economics (needless to say, it’s his opinion, not necessarily the department’s). On the assumption that you don’t have the journal on your coffee table, allow me to summarize.It is widely recognized that various countries, including China, Singapore and South Korea, suppress the value of their currency relative to the dollar to boost their exports to the United States and reduce its exports to them. They buy lots of dollars, which increases the dollar’s value relative to their own currencies, thus making their exports to us cheaper and our exports to them more expensive.In 2013, America’s trade deficit was about $475 billion. Its deficit with China alone was $318 billion.Though Mr. Austin doesn’t say it explicitly, his work shows that, far from being a victim of managed trade, the United States is a willing participant through its efforts to keep the dollar as the world’s most prominent reserve currency.When a country wants to boost its exports by making them cheaper using the aforementioned process, its central bank accumulates currency from countries that issue reserves. To support this process, these countries suppress their consumption and boost their national savings. Since global accounts must balance, when “currency accumulators” save more and consume less than they produce, other countries — “currency issuers,” like the United States — must save less and consume more than they produce (i.e., run trade deficits).This means that Americans alone do not determine their rates of savings and consumption. Think of an open, global economy as having one huge, aggregated amount of income that must all be consumed, saved or invested. That means individual countries must adjust to one another. If trade-surplus countries suppress their own consumption and use their excess savings to accumulate dollars, trade-deficit countries must absorb those excess savings to finance their excess consumption or investment.Note that as long as the dollar is the reserve currency, America’s trade deficit can worsen even when we’re not directly in on the trade. Suppose South Korea runs a surplus with Brazil. By storing its surplus export revenues in Treasury bonds, South Korea nudges up the relative value of the dollar against our competitors’ currencies, and our trade deficit increases, even though the original transaction had nothing to do with the United States.This isn’t just a matter of one academic writing one article. Mr. Austin’s analysis builds off work by the economist Michael Pettis and, notably, by the former Federal Reserve chairman Ben S. Bernanke.A result of this dance, as seen throughout the tepid recovery from the Great Recession, is insufficient domestic demand in America’s own labor market. Mr. Austin argues convincingly that the correct metric for estimating the cost in jobs is the dollar value of reserve sales to foreign buyers. By his estimation, that amounted to six million jobs in 2008, and these would tend to be the sort of high-wage manufacturing jobs that are most vulnerable to changes in exports.Dethroning “king dollar” would be easier than people think. America could, for example, enforce rules to prevent other countries from accumulating too much of our currency. In fact, others do just that precisely to avoid exporting jobs. The most recent example is Japan’s intervention to hold down the value of the yen when central banks in Asia and Latin America started buying Japanese debt.Of course, if fewer people demanded dollars, interest rates - i.e., what America would pay people to hold its debt - might rise, especially if stronger domestic manufacturers demanded more investment. But there’s no clear empirical, negative relationship between interest rates and trade deficits, and in the long run, as Mr. Pettis observes, “Countries with balanced trade or trade surpluses tend to enjoy lower interest rates on average than countries with large current account deficits, which are handicapped by slower growth and higher debt.”Others worry that higher import prices would increase inflation. But consider the results when we “pay” to keep price growth so low through artificially cheap exports and large trade deficits: weakened manufacturing, wage stagnation (even with low inflation) and deficits and bubbles to offset the imbalanced trade.But while more balanced trade might raise prices, there’s no reason it should persistently increase the inflation rate. We might settle into a norm of 2 to 3 percent inflation, versus the current 1 to 2 percent. But that’s a price worth paying for more and higher-quality jobs, more stable recoveries and a revitalized manufacturing sector. The privilege of having the world’s reserve currency is one America can no longer afford.* * *In the global race to debase, Reserve currency status is a curse!

Global stocks sinks as Chinese currency weakens further-Associated Press-AUG 12,15-YAHOONEWS

NEW YORK (AP) — A second day of declines in China's currency is sending global stocks lower as traders worry about weakness in the world's second-largest economy.The Dow Jones industrial average lost 193 points, or 1.1 percent, to 17,212 as of 9:35 a.m. Eastern time Wednesday.The Standard & Poor's 500 index fell 19 points, or 1 percent, to 2,064. The Nasdaq composite declined 58 points, or 1.2 percent, to 4,977.Markets were also lower in Europe and Asia. A weaker Chinese currency would make that country's exports cheaper on global markets.U.S.-listed shares of Alibaba, the giant Chinese retailer, sank 8 percent after the company's sales fell short of analysts' estimates.Bond prices rose. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note fell to 2.12 percent.Global stocks sank Wednesday as China let its currency fall for a second day following a surprise devaluation that rattled global financial markets.China's government said the devaluation of the yuan was part of reforms meant to make its exchange rate more market-oriented. But the decision has added to worries over slowing growth in the world's second-largest economy and that Western companies might find it harder to sell their goods there.KEEPING SCORE: The Chinese yuan's market rate fell 1.8 percent after Tuesday's nearly 2 percent decline, which was the biggest drop in a decade. Germany's DAX dropped 2.4 percent to 11,025.72 and Britain's FTSE 100 lost 1.2 percent to 6,588.08. France's CAC 40 shed 2.2 percent to 4,985.63. Wall Street looked poised for further losses, with both Dow and S&P futures down 0.9 percent.CHINA'S DEVALUATION: The International Monetary Fund welcomed Beijing's move toward more flexible exchange rates, but many investors saw it as an attempt to stimulate a slowing economy, since a cheaper yuan will benefit China's exports by making them less expensive overseas. The devaluation triggered selling of shares, oil and other commodities on expectations of weaker demand from China.THE QUOTE: "Markets were not expecting any major moves on the currency from the Chinese government, despite its benefits, as the risks were perceived as too high. Now that this Rubicon has been crossed, keen attention should be paid to any other significant moves to prop up the Chinese economy," Angus Nicholson, a market analyst at IG, said in a commentary.VIETNAM DEVALUES: Vietnam doubled the trading band of its currency Wednesday to 2 percent allow it to weaken following China's devaluation. The State Bank of Vietnam said the weaker Chinese currency would have a "negative impact" on its economy. But analysts said the move was unlikely to spur competitive devaluations and would have only a modest impact.ASIAN SCORECARD: Japan's Nikkei 225 fell 1.6 percent to 20,392.77 and Hong Kong's Hang Seng dropped 2.4 percent to 23,902.51. South Korea's Kospi lost 0.6 percent to 1,975.47 and Australia's S&P/ASX 200 slipped 1.7 percent to 5,382.10. The Shanghai Composite Index fell 1.1 percent to 3,886.32, and shares in Southeast Asia were also lower.ENERGY: U.S. crude rose 57 cents to $43.65 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. It fell Tuesday to its lowest level in six years, losing $1.88 to $43.08 a barrel.CURRENCIES: The dollar fell to 124.23 yen from 125.18 yen in the previous trading session. The euro rose to $1.1150 from $1.1047.

China cuts yuan rate against US dollar for second day-AFP By Bill Savadove-AUG 12,15-YAHOONEWS

Shanghai (AFP) - China cut the yuan's value against the dollar for the second consecutive day Wednesday, roiling global financial markets and driving expectations the currency could be set for further falls.The daily reference rate that sets the value of the Chinese currency against the greenback was cut by 1.62 percent to 6.3306 yuan, from 6.2298 on Tuesday, the People's Bank of China (PBoC) said in a statement on its website.The move took the reductions to 3.5 percent this week -- the largest in more than two decades -- after a surprise devaluation on Tuesday, but the central bank played down expectations it would continue to depreciate the currency.The combined drop is the biggest since China set up its modern foreign exchange system in 1994, when it devalued the yuan by 33 percent at a stroke.It is also a bigger change than the 2.1 percent rise when China unpegged the yuan, also known as the renminbi (RMB), from the dollar in 2005.The double move has been widely viewed as a way to boost China's exports by making them more competitive as growth slows.Compounding concerns over the world's second-largest economy, three key indicators released on Wednesday all came in below market expectations, the latest data to show weakness.China says it is making its exchange rate system more market-oriented, but some analysts suspect it could be the start of a longer slide in the yuan and SG Global Economics predicted the unit could depreciate by five percent over 12 months.The cuts have already jolted global share and commodity markets and Asia-Pacific currencies have suffered as investors fret over the impact on economies closely tied to the Asian giant.-- Currency war -Analysts said the move could also delay an expected US hike in interest rates and even threaten a currency war as other countries come under pressure to devalue as well.Washington has long criticised China's rigid currency regime, with officials describing the yuan as undervalued, but the US offered a mild response, saying it was too early to judge the changes."China has indicated that the changes announced today are another step in its move to a more market-determined exchange rate," the US Treasury said, adding: "Any reversal in reforms would be a troubling development".Previously, Chinese authorities based the fixing on a poll of market-makers, but the PBoC said Tuesday they will now also take into account the previous day's close, foreign exchange supply and demand and the rates of major currencies.Wednesday's fix was even lower than Tuesday's close of 6.3232 yuan to the dollar. The unit closed at 6.3870, weakening from a day before but trimming losses from earlier, and Bloomberg News reported that the central bank had intervened to buy dollars and prop it up.The new fixing mechanism still gives officials some discretion in setting the rate, so that it will not automatically follow the market.China allows the yuan to trade only within a two percent range on either side of the daily reference rate, although the State Council, or cabinet, has signalled it intends to widen the band.The central bank is expected to defend the currency should it test the limits.The PBoC also dismissed expectations of continued falls, saying in a statement the exchange rate movements were normal and "there is no base for continued depreciation".-- Sentiment hurt -But global markets continued their slide, with Hong Kong stocks closing down 2.38 percent on Wednesday and Tokyo losing 1.58 percent, while oil dropped after hitting a more than six-year low in New York.Shanghai shares closed down 1.06 percent as worse-than-expected economic figures also hurt sentiment.Industrial output grew 6.0 percent year-on-year in July, the government said, slowing from a 6.8 percent increase in June and coming in below expectations for a 6.6 percent rise, while retail sales and fixed asset investment also disappointed.The yuan cuts also come as Beijing seeks to have the yuan included in the International Monetary Fund's basket of "special drawing rights" (SDR) reserve currencies.The IMF has said more work was required on the proposal, but a spokesman welcomed Tuesday's changes, saying they should give market forces "a greater role in determining the exchange rate"."Greater exchange rate flexibility is important for China as it strives to give market forces a decisive role in the economy and is rapidly integrating into global financial markets," the spokesman added."The exact impact will depend on how the new mechanism is implemented in practice."

China devaluation sparks fear of currency war, angers U.S. lawmakers-Reuters By Pete Sweeney and Lu Jianxin-AUG 12,15-YAHOONEWS
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China shocked global markets on Tuesday by devaluing its currency after a run of poor economic data, a move it billed as a free-market reform but which some experts suspect could be the beginning of a longer-term slide in the exchange rate.The devaluation was condemned by U.S. lawmakers from both parties as a grab for an unfair export advantage and could set the stage for testy talks when Chinese President Xi Jinping visits Washington next month given acrimony over issues ranging from cybersecurity to Beijing's territorial ambitions.China's central bank set its official guidance rate down nearly 2 percent to 6.2298 yuan per dollar on Tuesday - its lowest point in almost three years - in what it said was a change in methodology to make the currency more responsive to market forces.It was the biggest one-day fall since a massive devaluation in 1994 when China aligned its official and market rates.The devaluation hit global equities and U.S. oil prices, with investors fearing a new currency war as well as declining Chinese economic momentum. The MSCI All World Index of global shares fell 1 percent.A U.S. Treasury official warned China that any wavering in its commitment to a more market-determined exchange rate would be "troubling", but added it was not clear if Beijing's yuan devaluation marked such a step.Senior U.S. lawmakers were more forthright."It's time for the (Obama) administration to focus more intensively on China's cheating and label the country a currency manipulator," Democratic Senator Bob Casey, a member of the Senate Finance Committee, said in a statement.A cheaper yuan will help Chinese exports by making them less expensive on overseas markets.The People's Bank of China (PBOC) called the move a "one-off depreciation"."Since China's trade in goods continues to post relatively large surpluses, the yuan's real effective exchange rate is still relatively strong versus various global currencies, and is deviating from market expectations," the central bank said."Therefore, it is necessary to further improve the yuan's midpoint pricing to meet the needs of the market."-FEAR OF A CURRENCY WAR-Economists disagreed over the significance of a devaluation that reversed a previous strong-yuan policy which had aimed to boost domestic consumption and outward investment."For a long time, I gave the PBOC credit for holding the line on the renminbi (yuan) and recognizing that while it might be tempting to try to shore up the old-growth model by devaluing the currency, that really was a dead end," said fund manager Patrick Chovanec of U.S.-based Silvercrest Asset Management.The devaluation followed weekend data that showed China's exports tumbled 8.3 percent in July, hit by weaker demand from Europe, the United States and Japan, and that producer prices were well into their fourth year of deflation.The move hurt the Australian and New Zealand dollars and the Korean won, fanning talk of a round of currency devaluations from other major exporters. But some of Asia's most interventionist central banks appeared to be holding their nerve on currency policy.Economists pointed out that until Tuesday, China had held the yuan firm while its neighbors had debased their currencies."It was inevitable that China would join the currency war at some point. The key will be the response of other central banks," said Nick Lawson, managing director at Deutsche Bank in London.-AND FEAR OF DEFLATION-While a weaker yuan will not cure all the ills of China's exporters, which suffer from rising labor costs, it would help relieve deflationary pressure, a far bigger concern in the view of some economists.Falling commodity prices have been blamed for producer price deflation, putting China at risk of repeating the deflationary cycle that blighted Japan for decades.Growth in China, the world's second-largest economy, has slowed markedly this year and is set to hit a 25-year low even if it meets its official 7 percent target.Spot yuan ended at 6.3231 on Tuesday, its weakest close since September 2012.The devaluation was not only a shock to financial markets.Chinese tourists who have become a common sight in the world's major cities said they feared their wings would be clipped if the devaluation developed into a deeper dent in their spending power.More than 100 million Chinese travel abroad every year, buying more luxury goods than any other nation."I'd planned to go to Seoul this month with my friends and then Thailand alone in October. But I'm afraid the yuan will devalue more," Xuechang Huang, a 48-year-old housewife from Guangzhou, told Reuters.(Additional reporting by Samuel Shen and Kazunori Takada in SHANGHAI and Vidya Ranganathan in SINGAPORE; Writing by Dean Yates; Editing by Mark Bendeich)

Presidential candidate Trump: China devaluation will devastate U.S.-Reuters-AUG 12,15-YAHOONEWS

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Tuesday said China's devaluation of the yuan would be "devastating" for the United States."They're just destroying us," the billionaire businessman, a long-time critic of China's currency policy, said in a CNN interview."They keep devaluing their currency until they get it right. They're doing a big cut in the yuan, and that's going to be-devastating for us."Earlier on Tuesday, China devalued its currency following a series of poor economic data in the yuan's biggest fall since 1994. Some said this could signal a long-term slide in the exchange rate.China has been a frequent theme for Trump since he entered the 2016 presidential campaign, promising to be a tougher negotiator with Beijing in order to bolster the U.S. economy."We have so much power over China," he told CNN. "China has gotten rich off of us. China has rebuilt itself with the money it's sucked out of the United States and the jobs that it's sucked out of the United States."(Writing by Bill Trott; Editing by Susan Heavey and Lisa Von Ahn)

Leading everywhere': Donald Trump barrels ahead-AFP By Michael Mathes-AUG 12,15-YAHOONEWS

Washington (AFP) - The Donald Trump bullet train charged full speed ahead, as the unfiltered US presidential hopeful slammed China, Barack Obama's administration and Republican rival Jeb Bush while reveling in fresh poll results that he said show him "leading everywhere."Ignoring warning signs that his campaign may be running into trouble, the brash celebrity billionaire held a wide-ranging press conference before a speech in Michigan on Tuesday and lashed out on several subjects but declined to provide policy details."We'll be announcing over the next two weeks numbers and specifics," he said when asked of his jobs plan. "You have to be flexible on jobs and everything else."He used his take-no-prisoners style to batter Bush in particular, saying the former Florida governor "will not be able to negotiate against China (or) Mexico." Trump lit a powder keg during last week's debut Republican presidential debate, when he refused to pledge he would not run as an independent, clashed with a popular Fox News moderator, and later made comments about her that many interpreted as crudely sexist.But Trump, himself a former reality TV impresario, said he was responsible for drawing millions to that prime-time debate broadcast."Who do you think they were watching, Jeb Bush? Huh? I don't think so," Trump quipped.Asked if he would acknowledge he has gone over the top with some of the criticism and his braggadocio, Trump merely pointed to the polls."Leading in Iowa, leading in New Hampshire... leading in South Carolina, leading in Nevada," Trump said, rattling off several early-voting states."Leading everywhere."A new Suffolk University poll in Iowa, which holds the first presidential contest early next year, has Trump ahead with 17 percent support, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker in second with 12 percent and Senator Marco Rubio of Florida with 10.The survey also showed Bush, a one-time frontrunner, slipping to seventh spot.But in a warning of sorts to Trump, 55 percent of Suffolk respondents said his debate performance made them "less comfortable" with Trump as a candidate.In a new Rasmussen Reports poll, Trump led with 17 percent -- a significant drop from the 26 percent he enjoyed in the same national poll conducted late last month.As the new data emerged, Trump doubled down on his assertion that he would not rule out a third-party candidacy -- a nightmare scenario for Republicans."I want to run as a Republican," he told Fox earlier Tuesday. "But I do want to keep that door open in case I don't get treated fairly."Experts have stressed that an independent Trump candidacy could spell disaster for Republicans because such a move could split the GOP vote and hand election victory to likely Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton.- 'Spirit, cheerleading, jobs' -The former secretary of state meanwhile offered blunt criticism of Trump, saying Monday that he went "way overboard" in his crude verbal assault on a female journalist.Fox News moderator Megyn Kelly used tough tactics when questioning Trump during Thursday's debate. A day later Trump said Kelly had "blood coming out of her wherever," a remark many construed as referring to menstruation.The Donald in Michigan meanwhile let loose on Beijing, saying something ought to be done to "reign in China" -- but again offered no specifics -- after its sharp currency devaluation Tuesday, a move Trump blasted as a "disgrace.""China has no respect for President Obama whatsoever," he boomed."They think we are run by a bunch of idiots."On domestic race relations, strained by several deaths of unarmed black men at the hands of white police officers, Trump said there were "powder kegs all over the country waiting to explode."Asked how to improve the situation, Trump offered: "You need spirit, cheerleading and jobs."Trump, who made disparaging remarks about Mexican immigrants early in his campaign, insisted he will "do well with the Hispanic vote and do great with the women vote."He noted that Bush's recent questioning of the amount of funds needed for women's health will be a "disaster" for Bush."The women's health issues, I'm for that," Trump insisted."I cherish women," added Trump. "I will be great on women's health issues. Believe me."

Trump's female fans shrug off 'blood' comment about TV host-Reuters By Emily Flitter and Alana Wise-AUG 12,15-YAHOONEWS

LEHIGH COUNTY, Penn./NEW YORK (Reuters) - It's easy to find female fans of Donald Trump in this cluster of former factory towns in the hills west of New York City even after his comments about Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly that have been widely interpreted as referring to her menstrual cycle.The loud-mouthed real estate mogul, who holds a wide lead over rivals in the Republican race for the White House, has been unapologetic, despite pundits saying his clash with Kelly could hurt him with women voters and halt his meteoric rise in the polls.A new Reuters/Ipsos poll suggests Trump - who has dominated coverage of the 2016 election with a series of flame-throwing comments about illegal Mexican immigrants, the war record of Senator John McCain and Kelly - may in fact still be leading among women Republican supporters.There's evidence of that support in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, even though the county leans Democrat. A third of women randomly interviewed by Reuters on the street self-identified as Trump supporters and said they still supported him.Kelly Ray, 34, a former teacher and conservative Christian who left work to home-school her two children, said Trump was an attractive candidate because he was an outsider who had not held elected office."I like how disgusted he is in how things are right now," she said outside a Kohls department store in Trexlertown on Monday. "I'm not fed up with Donald Trump. I'm fed up with (U.S. President) Barack Obama."She said she was not put off by Trump's performance in last week's Republican presidential debate. Trump bristled when Kelly, one of the moderators, said he had called women "fat pigs, dogs, slobs and disgusting animals" in the past.Trump accused her of political correctness and of not treating him with respect. In a CNN interview on Friday he said of Kelly: "You could see there was blood coming out of her eyes, blood coming out of her - wherever."That comment was seen as implying she had been menstruating during the debate, although Trump has repeatedly denied this and said he had been referring to her nose.-"A LITTLE ROUGH AROUND THE EDGES"-"Shame on the public for presuming something, for putting words in his mouth," said Evonne Groody, 28, a nurse in Allentown, Pennsylvania.Groody said Trump was her first choice for president even though she's a registered Democrat."Women are not offended by that at all," said Lori Pesta, creator of Facebook group Women for Donald Trump, referring to Trump's comment about Kelly. The page, which has more than 600 "likes", was launched just days before the latest controversy erupted."It doesn’t matter what Donald Trump says. The news media is going to twist it. I heard the original comment and it shouldn’t have been taken that way," she said.Trump's outspokenness is his most important quality, according to the women who like him. Women interviewed in Lehigh County and respondents in a Reuters/Ipsos poll praised his apparent honesty."He's a little rough around the edges because he goes against the grain," said Angie Brodie, 38, another nurse in Allentown.To be sure, many of the women interviewed were vehemently opposed to Trump's behavior. And the Reuters/Ipsos poll, conducted between Aug. 7 and Aug. 11, appeared to show female support for Trump waning slightly, falling to 20 percent from 26 percent on Aug. 3. The poll had a credibility interval of 7.1 percentage points.Trump's comment about Kelly cost him at least one supporter: Renee Daily, 56, a grandmother in Trexlertown who said his candidacy had inspired her to register to vote for the first time in her life. On Monday she said she had given up on him."He just started to talk too much," she said.To win the presidency, Trump needs strong backing from women, who make up 53 percent of the U.S. electorate. At the moment, he has a wider leader among men than women.BIG MOUTH-Paradoxically, media attention to Trump's comments about Kelly may be helping him shore up support.Of the 17 Republican presidential hopefuls, Trump is arguably the most spontaneous speaker. "What I say is what I say," he told Kelly in response to her question on women during the debate.Spontaneity is an advantage, said Davida Charney, a rhetoric and writing professor at the University of Texas at Austin."Something that is unplanned and critical is somehow truer, more honest," she said.That's how Groody saw it. She said Trump seemed so straightforward that if he had wanted to say Kelly was irrational because she was menstruating, he would have just said it plainly.But some fans worry his unfiltered style could cross a line.Susan Wetzel, 55, a former shipping company worker living in a Dallas suburb, said she cared more about the problems Trump was addressing, like immigration than about his comments on Kelly, which she found offensive. She wants Trump to talk more about policy issues."If he doesn't, he's not going to get my vote," she said. "We need a grown-up in office, we don't need a little kid."(Reporting By Emily Flitter and Alana Wise, editing by Ross Colvin)

Why Clinton camp is releasing personal server 5 months after email flap emerged-Hillary Clinton has decided to cooperate with investigators after months of refusing to give up the personal server used to send emails during her tenure as secretary of State.Christian Science Monitor By Sara Aridi-AUG 12,15-YAHOONEWS

Ms. Clinton has drawn criticism for using a private server and personal email to conduct government business during her tenure at the helm of the State Department. She has maintained that she never sent or stored any classified information on her personal server and account. However, since news that she had not been using a government-protected server broke in March, at least two emails have been deemed "Top Secret, Sensitive Compartmented Information" – one of the government's highest classifications.Top Republicans have say the retroactive designation of those emails as evidence that Clinton lied about not sending classified information over her personal server."Secretary Clinton's previous statements that she possessed no classified information were patently untrue," House Speaker John Boehner (R) of Ohio said in a statement after the Clinton camp announced that it would hand over the data. "Her mishandling of classified information must be fully investigated."Federal investigators are now searching for security breaches in Clinton’s personal email setup amid speculations that other classified information may have been sent through the server. There has been no evidence that Clinton encrypted the account to prevent prying eyes from accessing the emails or her personal system.Clinton has "pledged to cooperate with the government's security inquiry, and if there are more questions, we will continue to address them," campaign spokesman Nick Merrill said Tuesday. The decision to give up the server came after the FBI said Mr. Kendall was not permitted to possess classified information contained in some of the emails, said a US official who was not authorized to speak publicly. Clinton's attorney had already supplied the 30,000 emails contained on the thumb drives to investigators in December, but had retained copies of them on the thumb drives.In March, Clinton said she exchanged nearly 60,000 emails during her four years in the Obama administration, half of which were personal and had been discarded.For months after the New York Times uncovered Clinton’s home-brew email server, the Democratic candidate refused to hand it in. She claimed she used it out of convenience to limit the amount of electronic devices she had to carry.While her use of a personal email did not break the rules at the time, no other secretary of State has exclusively done so.Material from the Associated Press was used in this report.